Line composing and casting machine.



W. E. BERTRAM.

LINE COMPOSING AND CASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6. m3.

1,161,796. Patented Nov. 23, I915.

' INVENTOR I Zflz7Zzam L367? @272 [777 Ma ATTORNEY COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH co.,wAsl-m\c'ro l D C WILLIAM E. BEB'IRAM, or BRooKnviv; mwse aa; Assrenoafro INTERNATIONAL TYPESETTINGMA INE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK,I1\T.' Y3, ACORPORAITIONJOFNEW" YORK;

, LINE conrzosmemnn c-ASTINGMAcHINEJ f Specification'of Letters Patent; Patented NOV; 1915:

Applicatio ntfiledFebruaryfi, 191s. Serial No. 746,642. 7

T0 aZZ.tvkom itmay concern:

Be itlmown thatI, VWILLIAM BERTRAM, a citizen: of the United States, residing at Brooklyn,1 in the county of Kings and State of New York,'have invented new and'useful-f Improvements. in Line Composing and Cast? ing Machines, ,of which the following fisia specification. V p v The v presentlnvent on relatesto lmprov'ements in line composingiand casting ma; chines and more especiallyto thoseof'th'e mold to effect the casting' operation and which subsequent jto the casting operation,

lifts the line of matrices to an upper level" where they are transferred'toi'an elevator which conveys 'them to the; distributing mechanism. e p p More particularly, the invention frelates to machines. of this class which are adapted to assemble and cast slugsfrom matrices bear mg characters arranged at different levels thereon the matrices being assembled at different levels to bring, one or the other of the characters thereon into use. It isvusual' to providethe'first elevator with a movable rail to support the matrices assembled atthe upper level until'after. the cast. has been;

made whereupon h rail isretracted to bring allLof the matrices. to avcommon level preparatory to distribution of the matrices.

The primary object of the present invention is to providemeans; forretainingsuch a rail in operative position: until the moment whenthe matrices are to be brought to a common level, this improvementbeingparticularlyi adapted for use upon first eleva tors which are I commonly hinged to the frame of the machine and are occasionally swung into an open position to render the line of matrices before the .mold accessible, the improvement preventing displacement of'the: movable matrix-supporting'rail accidentally, the retaining." means, however,

being automatically rendered inoperative at the proper t me to permit retraction'ofl-the rail.

To'this end; the invention consists'in.-.cer-

mp o ments; and m na b sand arr-a n'gements of parts, all as will. be herein; after more fully described, thenovel" tea 1 tures'b'eing pointed out particularlyinthe claimsjat the end of thespecification.

Inthe accompanying drawing-:Eigure l is a frontelevation ofthe upperportion of a first elevator embodying, the. present in venti'on, the elevator being shown in prox imity to the limit of its upward movement,

Fig.' 2 is a perspective view of the matrixreceiving jaws of -the ,first'elevator. v I Similar parts are designated by the same reference characters in the several views.v

The present invention is'applicable generally to elevators of differenttypes and it will be understoodthat theinventionis not limited-in this respect. In the present instance the. invention is shown in connection with an elevator and related mechanlsm as disclosed in my co -pending application,

levels in-i orderz to present the selected characters to the mold. This; elevator as'commonlyused on machmes of the llnotype class serves to, receive a line of matrices, to lower and'support the line of matrices beforethe,

mold; and. after the cast'has been made, to lift thefline of matrices-Ito the mechanism which serves to transfer them to the distrib uting mechanism. The elevator 1 embodies; aslshown, a pairoffcoo 'oerative jaWS-Q-Tand 3} which receive and support a line of matrices g between'them.-, Arail 4; is providedto supr port theimatrices which are assembled! at the 'upper level, thisrrail-in th e construction shown being movable in a direction toward ,and' fromtheline of matrices whereby it, may support the matrices at the upperrlevel when moved, inwardly and will release suchmatrices when retracted= or moved out-' wardly, it serving in the latter instance-to bringall'the matriceslto a commonllevelbefore they are'remove'd from the elevator Ribs 5 areprovided on the rail in the presentinstance to guide the same in its-move mentsl Inthe construction shown,.-the outward or retracting movement of the rail is effected Eby a bell-crank lever 6,. which ,iszpive otedto the elevator andlhas one armthereof engaged with the movable. rail, ,while the other arm; 71 thereof' isadapted to come: ai st a1 pr neepres-se pl nge jish latter is liked to the" stationary frame 9.

This plunger 8 operates thebell-crank lever .1 26 to retract the matrix-supporting rail 4 1 when the elevator approachesthelimit of itsfupward movement, A bar '10 serves to automatically return the matrix-supporting rail 4 to operativeposition-whenthe 'elevac, tor begins to descend, this bar having a beveled upper end to act uponthe right-hand 1 rices, the elevator being arranged toswing' forwardly with reference to its position as shown inFig. .1. 'VVhen the elevatorv is swung forward, the barl'O can no longer act on the rail 4 to retain the same in matrix supporting, position. The present invention provides means for preventing the matrix-supporting rail 4 from moving out of its normal position accidentally whether due to the hand ofthe operator coming in contact with it or the bell-crank lever 6, or from any other'cause. Such. means inthe construction shown embodies va latch 11 which is pivoted to the elevator at 12 and has a hooked end 13 which is adapted to co-' operate with a lockingprojection 14 on the bell-crank lever 6. Gravity serves to hold the latch normally in locking engagement,

with the projection 14, thereby preventing retraction of the matrix-supporting rail 4.

Means, however, is provided for automatically disengaging the latch immediately before the elevator reaches the limit of its pward movement, the latch being provided 7 in thepresent instance with a projection 15 which is arranged to'be engaged by the beveled end ofa stud 16, the latter being fixed to a suitable part of the stationary frame9. When the elevator has nearly reached the limit of its upward movement, the stud 16 operates upon the projection 15 on the latch, lifting thehooked end thereof from engagement with the projection 14 on the bell-crank lever, thereby unlocking the movable matrixof the bell-crank lever into engagement with the plunger 8, the latter then serving to retractjthe'rail 4 and causing the matrices assembled" at the upper level to drop to the lower level. When the elevator begins to descend, the projection 15 on the latch is carriedawayfrom the stud 16, the latch 11 then reengaging the locking projection 14 and holding the rail 4 in normal matrixsupportingposition, this rail being returned to such position by the bar 10 as the elevator begins its descent from its uppermost position. The elevator may be swung out from the main frame of the machine thereafter and the matrix-supporting rail will be locked byi the latchand race cannot be displaced "or moved-into an inoperative position accid ll f v 1 v A portion of the swinging vise frame which carries the elevator is shown anddesignated 17 inthe present instance, 18 designating the handle of one of the devices 7 which looks the vise frame normally in operative position. This swinging vise frame may be of the same construction substantially as that shown in the patents to Qttmar Mergenthaler, Nos. 436,531 and 486,532 granted September 16, 1890, the vise frame in the first-named patent being designated m, the elevator'Z, the shaft on [which the vise frame swings outwardly is designated m and the locking handle is designated mV. Detailillustration of these parts is therefore considered unnecessary in the present instance, referencebeing' made to those patents for a disclosure of these parts of the machine. 1

I claim as my. invention j V 1, In a machine of the linotypecclass, in combination with the first elevator, a mov- 90 able rail for sustaining matrices at an upper level, and means, mounted in said elevator, for locking said rail in operative position except when "the elevator is in position to transfer the matrlces therefrom.

2. In a mach'ineof the linotype class, the combination of the first elevator having a movable rail for supporting matrices at an upper level, and means mounted in said elevator and movable into released position by the movement of the elevator for locking" said rail in operative position.

3. In a machine of the linotype class, in combination with a first elevator having a movable rail for supporting matrices at an upper level, anda latch mounted in said elevator and operative to" lock the rail in matriX-supporting position and releasable automatically by the movementof the elevator.

4. In a machine of the linotype class, the combination with a first elevator having a movablerail for supporting matrices at an upper level, of a latch mounted insaid elevator and normally locking the rail in operative position except when the elevator'is in position to transfer the matrices therefrom.

5. In a machine of the linotype class, in combination with the first elevator, at movable rail mounted in said elevator for sustaining matrices at'an upper level, a latch mounted in said elevator for positively holding said rail in operative position, and automatic means for disengaging said latch relatively to said rail at a certain period of the movement of the elevator.

6. In a machine of the linotype class, in

combination with a first elevator having a position, means for automatically releasing my hand in presence of tWo subscribing Witthe latch when the elevator reaches a prenesses.

determined position in its movement, and means operative subsequently to automati- WILLIAM BERTRAM' 5 cally move the rail to an inoperative posi- Witnesses:

tion. 7 a J. ARCH MEARS,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set O. 0. Hum.

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